Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-08-27

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vste residsncss are handsome structures, and
leave San Francisco but little advantage In
that respect. Their cemetery is an attractive
garden ot flowers on very high ground, and
their park contains pleasant upward and and
hill, from which point you get panoramic
view Of the whole city and surrounding
country, with the broad and winding Wills
mette ct your feet, and . snow.clsd range
IN the distance From THE point too Mounts
Hood, St Helen. Jefferson and Adams are
brought into bold reiieG They look like
giant bridsA arrayed In white> patiently ex.
pecting the comiug OF their bridegroom,
The CASCADES.
While waiting here for friends to Join us
homeward we made lying visit TO the
CascsdeA The track uf the Northern Pa
cihc railroad runs eastward alongside OF the
eeque river aud the bold aud rugged scenery
Of precipitous cliffs and towering peaks,
with here and there . beautiful waterfall,
some Of which ruahed over aud onward In
f0eming fury, and Others almost threadlikN
foated down - gracefully - . bridal veil,
which waa In fact, the name OF the prettiest
that sprau9 from an elevation OF 500 feet At
the Cascade Ii situated the Lock "a huge
earth and granite structure that the govern.
mont IL building, to liit vessels over the
now seethirg waters that for nearly half
mile 10 effecIually blocks the navigation oi
the Columbia II the work 10 ever fin
ished, It will not be Tor many years ~ come;
its projection having been started on msm.
moth plan and completeness OF construction
that does credit 70 the architect and engi-
neers, but will cost both time and millions.
On the afternoon Of the 9th We left Port.
land on the Oregon & California railroad
for Sissona The scenery en- route 10 tame,
monotonous and, e times dreary, except
the distance but the car was comfortable
and the S outie: 2 srsst GO, eonveniencs The
not dissgreeaola
VIEWS OF SHASTA.
Seen from some points Shasta m i'm.
mense obelisk and springs sky, ith
complete perpeudiculsrity. BY light,
1t looked weird but grand, and tn g super.
stitious might readily seem Q Pa. nAssus of
the ImmortalA 1t reminded me o: an Aus
trian grenadier in his uniform OF ~ hite, stand.
ing straight and still ct dreB parade No
attempt wss msde to ascend its sides, the
snow being still too deep; but those who have
gone up In past years report the southern -.
cent easy, but the 'op very cold evsn in mid.
oered that every SD feet In height IL equiva-
lent in its effect to mean tetn nperAturs Of 10
OF latitude Conse iuently, Shasta being H..
AA feet high, and is latitude Ale, its top trans
ports you to latitude So and enveiops you In
the climate Of Spitzoe zen In the Artic ocean.
On the highest potp' known - "Shasta
Peak" the government be- erected . marble
monument for the purposes Of geOdetic sur
veys, heiiotropic signals and other scientific
purposes; but the best view Of this mouu.
ment IL got on the opposite side Of the noun.
tain from Sisoons. We saw IL to the best cd.
vantage when going 70 McCloud river, where
We went "for days fishing" and got It
INrEREsrINa RIDES FROM sIssoSs.
The ride from Sissons to McCloud is eigh.
teen miles Of forest scenery fragrant with the
odors Of spruce. FIR, pine and cedar, shaded,
cool dreamy. Another very interesting ride
Is from Siesons 70 the Lower Soda Springs,
IN old and comparatively comfortable BOARD.
tnG.house, kept BY Baily; but the Southern
Pacific company, having bought the property,
intends next year to build there . hrst class
ho.el, which 10 woefully needed somewhere
cry are absolutely perfect they are meager
su ostitutss for bed and board. On the top OF
Castle Peak, 8, 500 feet from the base (where
lie lower Soda Springs) II . beautiful sheet
ing in trout which are said to have the Gu
rious popularity Of oesae -: OF one size-the
smallaR ones are never s0on tbere-which
raises the presumptions that they breed else
But where' This 10 the highest known
sheet OF wator for many miles around, and
tho theory (sG,ceptod there) OF . su bterranean
passage, ts yond probability, unless you al.
80 AbSuu0 u W % Oi very RT0st l0u&tn.
On the afternoon OF July ~ We took q last
look at Shasta, and bidding farewell to Sis.
sons, At $50 began the real homeWs shoot
The road from Sissons to Redding In q cue.
cession OF charming views, grand mountain
scenery, wild canOns and rocky cliffs, inter-
spersed with glsdes and deils that are truly
romantic At one place the road forms Q CON.
plste as 1t desends. Running beside the
tract, the American river kept US company
for hours-tirst on one side then on the other,
and occasionally under - We tn undered over
bridge and tresle that spanned its width
and Shasta, too. As II unwilling to part with
its admirers, Journeyed in It's white robe
many Q mile with US; but like Q maiden
caught In deshabille, II seemed, as the shades
OF evening gathered sportively bold and
oquetishly modest though always beautiful
how reckleesly brave, then coyly shy-sud.
denly hiding or springing into view-slowiy
creeping from cover when seemingly gone,
or dodgtug among the trees In sheer playful.
ness STOPPING behind the hills, or pesping
ABOVE their summits, its presence was tasci-
nstinR ana magnetic In its attractiveness.
COST OF TwENTY.Two DAYS TRIP.
All O'Clock the next morning We reached
oakland, and cur holiday was over. The
whole jsunt took twenty two days and cost
tl60 each, but instead Of spending seven days
at Tacoma, POrtlsnd and Sissons, II We had
returned from Victoria direct home, a. some
OF our friends did, We would have reached
mere on the 10Th OF June; and then the trip to
Alaska and back would have taken sixteen
Gays, and cost about $40.